"I don’t keep the tennis rackets or kayaks I used 25 years ago, but the relationship between climbing gear and climbers is deeper. I keep those Cobras to remind me of where I’ve been with them. Pins I’ve pounded, routes I’ve sworn up and cursed down, routes that define the very best in me and my partners, competitions won and lost, friends here and friends lost." —BD Athlete @realwillgadd ⠀
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#liveclimbrepeat#defythedark Photo: @christianpondella ⠀
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Big congratulations to BD Athlete @adam.ondra for flashing Super Crackinette (9a+/5.15a) in St Leger, France!!! "The first half of the route, I was just flying up the route. It was like I was feeling cosmically strong and that boosted my confidence a lot. Only towards the second half of the route there were couple of moments where I felt like I was loosing my confidence a bit because there were two pockets where my fingers were just too fat to dig deeper but I still somehow made it and then I had just enough energy to do the last hard move on the very top.” —Adam Ondra
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"We weren’t there to climb. We came to ski the rotten, rocky, sun-cupped, icy excuse for snow that lay below our camp on the Flett Glacier. Being in no hurry to ski the frozen morning snow, we killed time by watching the light of the early morning dance across ridges and penetrate valleys." — @scottrinck ⠀
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13 1016712:26 AM Feb 9, 2018

In September 2017, hurricane Maria barreled across the Atlantic and slammed full force into Puerto Rico. With winds recorded at up to 175 mph, the natural disaster devastated the island, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. For Bryant Huffman—a 39-year-old climbing guide from Cupey, Puerto Rico—and all other surviving Puerto Ricans, life was forever changed. From day one after the hurricane, however, Bryant and his fellow climbing guides realized that the only way up and out was to use their climbing skills. Now, they're using their ropes and gear not to just bolt and climb new routes, but to pull their island out of disaster. ⠀⠀⠀
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BD Athlete @realwillgadd has won ice world cups, climbed the gnarliest frozen waterfalls around the globe, and been at the forefront of ice climbing equipment for 25 years. But behind his next-level abilities is a strong work ethic, and his close-knit relationship with Black Diamond’s product engineers. For nearly three decades, Gadd has been putting BD equipment to the test, and in doing so, he’s helped create the future of ice climbing. ⠀
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“Life was just too easy with 10 fingers.”⠀
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@rustywillis72 chuckles. Rusty lost his pinkie, but not his desire to climb. However, finding the right ice tool was challenging … until the BD crew got involved.⠀
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#liveclimbrepeat Photos: Courtesy of Rusty Willis

67 117814:27 PM Jan 20, 2018

BD Athlete @anttelauhamaa believes skiing is an act of self-expression. This love is what brought him to the untapped lines of Norway’s Northern Islands. Watch the video of Lauhamaa and crew as they explore the steep skiing of these magical coastal peaks, link in profile.⠀
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How do you like your biners: opposed or with the gates facing the same direction? And more important … does it matter? In this Gear Myths, we talk about your quickdraw orientation preference and show why it can matter. ⠀
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693 1648312:01 AM Jan 17, 2018

The family and close friends of the late Kyle Dempster are stoked and proud to announce the first annual Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award.⠀ ⠀
One of America’s great young alpinists best known for first ascents of big remote peaks around the globe, Kyle Dempster was a passionate climber, adventurer and friend who fully lived his 33 years before he and his climbing partner Scott Adamson disappeared while attempting to climb the North Face of the Ogre II in Pakistan, in August of 2016. ⠀
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Each year, the Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award will be given to an American solo adventurer embarking on a journey that embodies Kyle’s passionate spirit and love of exploration, with an emphasis on storytelling and leave no trace ethics. The recipients are by no means limited to climbers, and the trips awarded by no means must involve the big mountains Kyle loved—on the contrary, we encourage applications for human-powered solo adventures of all kinds—big or small, remote or urban, cold and icy or hot and sunny.⠀ ⠀
Applications will be accepted from January 15–March 15, 2018 for trips taking place between April 1, 2018–March 31, 2019.⠀ ⠀
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Why do we make life so complicated? ⠀
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For skiers, summers are long and we can easily lose touch with what matters. ⠀
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But that first snowfall changes everything.⠀
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